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crop-eared
crop-eared, a. (ˈkrɒpˌɪəd) [f. prec. + -ed.] 1. Having the ears cropped; esp. in dogs, horses, etc., as a means of identification, and in persons as a punishment.1530 Wells Wills (1890) 194, ij cropyired heyfers. 1626 B. Jonson Masque of Owls, A crop-ear'd scrivener, this..He had his ears in his pur...
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crop-ear
† ˈcrop-ear Obs. [Cf. crop n. 21, v. 7.] An ear that has been cropped; hence, a crop-eared animal or person.1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iii. 72 What Horse? a Roane, a crop eare, is it not. 1618 Rowlands Sacred Mem. 49 He made a crop-eare of the High-Priests man. 1694 Lond. Gaz. No. 3014/4 A little.....
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Aspromonte goat
The ears are horizontal or erect; in a small percentage of cases the crop-eared mutation is seen.
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cropped
cropped, ppl. a. (krɒpt) Also cropt. [f. crop v. and n. + -ed.] 1. Cut off; cut short; plucked, lopped, pruned.1558 T. Phaer æneid. vi. (R.), Lothly croppid nose. 1623 Drummond of Hawthornden Flowers of Sion (R.), Like a crop'd rose that languishing doth fade. 1687 Lond. Gaz. No. 2289/7 A plain brow...
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Alfred Richard Allinson
Coumbes) (1922)
The Corsican Brothers (Frères corses) (1904)
Crop-Eared Jacquot and Other Stories (1903) – first English translation
The Dove (1906) –
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lop-eared
lop-eared, a. (ˈlɒpˈɪəd) Also 7 lap-. [f. lop v.2 + -ed2.] 1. Of an animal: Having ears which lop or hang loosely downwards.1687 Miege Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v. Lap, Lap-eared, qui a les Oreilles pendantes. 1692 Lond. Gaz. No. 2801/4 An Iron grey Horse, lop Ear'd. 1724 Ibid. No. 6294/3 Stolen,..a..Geld...
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British Library, MS Egerton 1782
Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaeoil "The Adventures of the Crop-eared Dog."
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jolter-headed
jolter-headed, a. (ˈdʒəʊltərˌhɛdɪd) Also dial. cholter-. [f. prec. + -ed2.] = jolt-headed.1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. xxvi. 111 Half-a-dozen jolter-headed crop-eared boys. 1765 Treat. Dom. Pigeons 69 The Dutch tumbler is..larger, often feather-leg'd, and more joulter-headed. 1821 Scott Kenil...
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preachman
† ˈpreachman Obs. rare. [f. preach v. + man n.1] A man who preaches, a preacher. (Usually contemptuous.)c 1645 Howell Lett. II. xxxiv, Som of our Preachmen are grown dog mad, ther's a worm got into their toungs, as well as their heads. 1677 W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) II. 197 Madockawando..began to ...
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crop
▪ I. crop, n. (krɒp) Forms: 1– crop; also 1–6 cropp, 3–7 croppe, 4–7 crope, (5 crowpe, croupe, in sense 1), 7–9 Sc. and dial. crap. [OE. crop(p = OLG. *crop(p, MDu. crop(p, MLG., LG. and Du. krop, OHG. chropf, MHG., Ger. kropf, ‘swelling in the neck, wen, craw of a bird’, in ON. kroppr hump or bunch...
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suspicious
suspicious, a. (səˈspɪʃəs) Forms: α. 4–6 suspecious, (5, -ieuse, 5–6 -yous, 6 -ius), 5 susspecious. β. 4– suspicious, (5 -icyows, -ycyowse, 6 -ycyous, -iciouse, -yciouse, 7 -ycious); 6–7 suspitious, (6 -ius). [a. AF., OF. suspecious, suspicious, -eus, ad. L. suspīciōsus, f. suspīcio suspicion: see -...
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cut
▪ I. cut, n.1 (kʌt) Also cutt, -e. [Origin and original sense uncertain. This has been usually regarded as merely a special use of cut n.2 (under which it is still treated in recent dictionaries); but to this identification two considerations are opposed. First, cut ‘the act or result of cutting’ is...
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